21 Apr

Lake of the Woods - Robert Farnon and His Orchestra

By  Wayne Kelso
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Robert Farnon wrote this piece about our beautiful 'Lake of the Woods' in the early fifties. This video features my photos taken mostly of the northern portion of Lake of the Woods.

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  • William Zucker posted by William Zucker Thursday, 21 April 2016 14:07

    Extremely interesting, quite attractive videography - does rather capture the mood of the music which really serves as a background to the wonderful imagery.

    But I have to offer a slight caveat - to the music, not the photography. Unlike the situation in most cases, in this instance, which I have mentioned before, I have always preferred the original version as recorded by the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by the composer which offers only the outlying more dissonant section. Even though the central portion is quite beautiful in itself, I have always had trouble relating the two sections together as forming part of one conception.

    In addition, the more veiled sound with less clarity on this earlier recording I actually see as an advantage, as it is a matter of capturing an atmosphere, not in having every last detail of it rendered vividly clear.

    The video for me goes a long way in redeeming what I see are the failings of the extended version, giving it a stature that it might not possess on its own.

    An individual who posts videos on YouTube of various musical selections (and has turned to this piece, perhaps more than once), has similarly turned out videos where the photography gives the music a certain stature that for me at least said music does not intrinsically possess.

    I will finish off by repeating that the photography here is absolutely excellent.

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About Geoff 123
Geoff Leonard was born in Bristol. He spent much of his working career in banking but became an independent record producer in the early nineties, specialising in the works of John Barry and British TV theme compilations.
He also wrote liner notes for many soundtrack albums, including those by John Barry, Roy Budd, Ron Grainer, Maurice Jarre and Johnny Harris. He co-wrote two biographies of John Barry in 1998 and 2008, and is currently working on a biography of singer, actor, producer Adam Faith.
He joined the Internet Movie Data-base (www.imdb.com) as a data-manager in 2001 and looked after biographies, composers and the music-department, amongst other tasks. He retired after nine years loyal service in order to continue writing.